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PFilePath Class Reference

This class describes a full description for a file on the particular platform. More...

#include <filepath.h>

Inheritance diagram for PFilePath:
Collaboration diagram for PFilePath:

Public Member Functions

Construction
 PFilePath ()
 Create an empty file path description. More...
 
 PFilePath (const char *cstr)
 Create a file path description with the specified string. More...
 
 PFilePath (const PString &str)
 Create a file path description with the specified string. More...
 
 PFilePath (const PFilePath &path)
 Create a file path description with the specified file name. More...
 
 PFilePath (const char *prefix, const char *dir, const char *suffix=NULL)
 Create a file path description with a generated temporary name. More...
 
PFilePathoperator= (const PFilePath &path)
 Change the file path description to the specified file name. More...
 
PFilePathoperator= (const PString &str)
 Change the file path description to the specified file name. More...
 
PFilePathoperator= (const char *cstr)
 Change the file path description to the specified file name. More...
 
Path addition functions
PFilePathoperator+= (const PString &str)
 Concatenate a string to the file path, modifiying that path. More...
 
PFilePathoperator+= (const char *cstr)
 Concatenate a C string to a path, modifiying that path. More...
 
PFilePathoperator+= (char ch)
 Concatenate a single character to a path. More...
 
Path decoding access functions
PFilePathString GetVolume () const
 Get the drive/volume name component of the full file path description. More...
 
PFilePathString GetPath () const
 Get the directory path component of the full file path description. More...
 
PFilePathString GetTitle () const
 Get the title component of the full file path description, eg for the DOS file "C:\SRC\PWLIB\FRED.DAT" this would be "FRED". More...
 
PFilePathString GetType () const
 Get the file type of the file. More...
 
PFilePathString GetFileName () const
 Get the actual directory entry name component of the full file specification. More...
 
PDirectory GetDirectory () const
 Get the the directory that the file is contained in. More...
 
void SetType (const PFilePathString &type)
 Set the type component of the full file path description, eg for the DOS file "C:\SRC\PWLIB\FRED.DAT" would become "C:\SRC\PWLIB\FRED.TXT". More...
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from PString
virtual PObjectClone () const
 Make a complete duplicate of the string. More...
 
virtual Comparison Compare (const PObject &obj) const
 Get the relative rank of the two strings. More...
 
virtual void PrintOn (ostream &strm) const
 Output the string to the specified stream. More...
 
virtual void ReadFrom (istream &strm)
 Input the string from the specified stream. More...
 
virtual PINDEX HashFunction () const
 Calculate a hash value for use in sets and dictionaries. More...
 
virtual PBoolean SetSize (PINDEX newSize)
 Set the size of the string. More...
 
virtual PBoolean IsEmpty () const
 Determine if the string is empty. More...
 
virtual PBoolean MakeUnique ()
 Make this instance to be the one and only reference to the container contents. More...
 
bool MakeMinimumSize (PINDEX newLength=0)
 Set the actual memory block array size to the minimum required to hold the current string contents. More...
 
virtual PINDEX GetLength () const
 Determine the length of the null terminated string. More...
 
PINDEX Find (char ch, PINDEX offset=0) const
 Locate the position within the string of the character. More...
 
PINDEX Find (const PString &str, PINDEX offset=0) const
 Locate the position within the string of the substring. More...
 
PINDEX Find (const char *cstr, PINDEX offset=0) const
 
PINDEX FindLast (char ch, PINDEX offset=P_MAX_INDEX) const
 Locate the position of the last matching character. More...
 
PINDEX FindLast (const PString &str, PINDEX offset=P_MAX_INDEX) const
 Locate the position of the last matching substring. More...
 
PINDEX FindLast (const char *cstr, PINDEX offset=P_MAX_INDEX) const
 Locate the position of the last matching substring. More...
 
PINDEX FindOneOf (const PString &set, PINDEX offset=0) const
 Locate the position of one of the characters in the set. More...
 
PINDEX FindOneOf (const char *cset, PINDEX offset=0) const
 Locate the position of one of the characters in the set. More...
 
PINDEX FindSpan (const PString &set, PINDEX offset=0) const
 Locate the position of character not in the set. More...
 
PINDEX FindSpan (const char *cset, PINDEX offset=0) const
 Locate the position of character not in the set. More...
 
PINDEX FindRegEx (const PRegularExpression &regex, PINDEX offset=0) const
 Locate the position within the string of one of the regular expression. More...
 
PBoolean FindRegEx (const PRegularExpression &regex, PINDEX &pos, PINDEX &len, PINDEX offset=0, PINDEX maxPos=P_MAX_INDEX) const
 Locate the position within the string of one of the regular expression. More...
 
PBoolean MatchesRegEx (const PRegularExpression &regex) const
 Return true if the entire string matches the regular expression. More...
 
PStringReplace (const PString &target, const PString &subs, PBoolean all=false, PINDEX offset=0)
 Locate the substring within the string and replace it with the specifed substring. More...
 
PStringSplice (const PString &str, PINDEX pos, PINDEX len=0)
 Splice the string into the current string at the specified position. More...
 
PStringSplice (const char *cstr, PINDEX pos, PINDEX len=0)
 Splice the string into the current string at the specified position. More...
 
PStringDelete (PINDEX start, PINDEX len)
 Remove the substring from the string. More...
 
PString operator() (PINDEX start, PINDEX end) const
 Extract a portion of the string into a new string. More...
 
PString Left (PINDEX len) const
 Extract a portion of the string into a new string. More...
 
PString Right (PINDEX len) const
 Extract a portion of the string into a new string. More...
 
PString Mid (PINDEX start, PINDEX len=P_MAX_INDEX) const
 Extract a portion of the string into a new string. More...
 
PString LeftTrim () const
 Create a string consisting of all characters from the source string except all spaces at the beginning of the string. More...
 
PString RightTrim () const
 Create a string consisting of all characters from the source string except all spaces at the end of the string. More...
 
PString Trim () const
 Create a string consisting of all characters from the source string except all spaces at the beginning and end of the string. More...
 
PString ToLower () const
 Create a string consisting of all characters from the source string with all upper case letters converted to lower case. More...
 
PString ToUpper () const
 Create a string consisting of all characters from the source string with all lower case letters converted to upper case. More...
 
 P_DECLARE_BITWISE_ENUM_EX (SplitOptions, 6,(SplitOnly, SplitTrimBefore, SplitTrimAfter, SplitDefaultToBefore, SplitDefaultToAfter, SplitBeforeNonEmpty, SplitAfterNonEmpty), SplitTrim=SplitTrimBefore|SplitTrimAfter, SplitNonEmpty=SplitBeforeNonEmpty|SplitAfterNonEmpty)
 Options for PString::Split() function. More...
 
__inline bool Split (const PString &delimiter, PString &before, PString &after, SplitOptions options=SplitTrim) const
 Split the string into two substrings around delimiter. More...
 
__inline bool Split (char delimiter, PString &before, PString &after, SplitOptions options) const
 
__inline bool Split (char delimiter, PString &before, PString &after, SplitOptions_Bits options) const
 
__inline bool Split (const char *delimiter, PString &before, PString &after, SplitOptions options) const
 
__inline bool Split (const char *delimiter, PString &before, PString &after, SplitOptions_Bits options) const
 
__inline bool Split (char delimiter, PString &before, PString &after, bool trim) const
 
PStringArray Tokenise (const PString &separators, PBoolean onePerSeparator=true) const
 Split the string into an array of substrings. More...
 
PStringArray Tokenise (const char *cseparators, PBoolean onePerSeparator=true) const
 Split the string into an array of substrings. More...
 
PStringArray Lines () const
 Split the string into individual lines. More...
 
 PString ()
 Construct an empty string. More...
 
 PString (const PString &str)
 Create a new reference to the specified string. More...
 
 PString (const PCharArray &buf)
 Create a new reference to the specified buffer. More...
 
 PString (const PBYTEArray &buf)
 Create a new string based on the BYTE array. More...
 
 PString (const std::string &str)
 Create a new string from the specified std::string. More...
 
 PString (const char *cstr)
 Create a string from the C string array. More...
 
 PString (const char *cstr, PINDEX len)
 Create a string from the wchar_t string array. More...
 
 PString (char ch)
 Create a string from the single character. More...
 
 PString (short n)
 Create a string from the integer type. More...
 
 PString (unsigned short n)
 Create a string from the integer type. More...
 
 PString (int n)
 Create a string from the integer type. More...
 
 PString (unsigned int n)
 Create a string from the integer type. More...
 
 PString (long n)
 Create a string from the integer type. More...
 
 PString (unsigned long n)
 Create a string from the integer type. More...
 
 PString (ConversionType type, const char *str,...)
 
 PString (ConversionType type, unsigned long value, unsigned param=10)
 
 PString (ConversionType type, signed long value, unsigned param=10)
 
 PString (ConversionType type, unsigned int value, unsigned param=10)
 
 PString (ConversionType type, signed int value, unsigned param=10)
 
 PString (ConversionType type, unsigned short value, unsigned param=10)
 
 PString (ConversionType type, signed short value, unsigned param=10)
 
 PString (ConversionType type, unsigned char value, unsigned param=10)
 
 PString (ConversionType type, signed char value, unsigned param=10)
 
 PString (ConversionType type, double value, unsigned places)
 
PStringoperator= (const PString &str)
 Assign the string to the current object. More...
 
PStringoperator= (const std::string &str)
 Assign the string to the current object. More...
 
PStringoperator= (const char *cstr)
 Assign the C string to the current object. More...
 
PStringoperator= (char ch)
 Assign the character to the current object. More...
 
PStringoperator= (short n)
 Assign a string from the integer type. More...
 
PStringoperator= (unsigned short n)
 Assign a string from the integer type. More...
 
PStringoperator= (int n)
 Assign a string from the integer type. More...
 
PStringoperator= (unsigned int n)
 Assign a string from the integer type. More...
 
PStringoperator= (long n)
 Assign a string from the integer type. More...
 
PStringoperator= (unsigned long n)
 Assign a string from the integer type. More...
 
virtual PStringMakeEmpty ()
 Make the current string empty. More...
 
PString operator+ (const PString &str) const
 Concatenate two strings to produce a third. More...
 
PString operator+ (const char *cstr) const
 Concatenate a C string to a PString to produce a third. More...
 
PString operator+ (char ch) const
 Concatenate a single character to a PString to produce a third. More...
 
PStringoperator+= (const PString &str)
 Concatenate a string to another string, modifiying that string. More...
 
PStringoperator+= (const char *cstr)
 Concatenate a C string to a PString, modifiying that string. More...
 
PStringoperator+= (char ch)
 Concatenate a single character to a PString. More...
 
PString operator& (const PString &str) const
 Concatenate a PString to another PString to produce a third. More...
 
PString operator& (const char *cstr) const
 Concatenate a C string to a PString to produce a third. More...
 
PString operator& (char ch) const
 Concatenate a single character to a PString to produce a third. More...
 
PStringoperator&= (const PString &str)
 Concatenate a PString to a PString, modifiying that string. More...
 
PStringoperator&= (const char *cstr)
 Concatenate a C string to a PString, modifiying that string. More...
 
PStringoperator&= (char ch)
 Concatenate a character to a PString, modifiying that string. More...
 
bool operator*= (const PString &str) const
 Compare two strings using case insensitive comparison. More...
 
bool operator== (const PString &str) const
 Compare two strings using the PObject::Compare() function. More...
 
bool operator!= (const PString &str) const
 Compare two strings using the PObject::Compare() function. More...
 
bool operator< (const PString &str) const
 Compare two strings using the PObject::Compare() function. More...
 
bool operator> (const PString &str) const
 Compare two strings using the PObject::Compare() function. More...
 
bool operator<= (const PString &str) const
 Compare two strings using the PObject::Compare() function. More...
 
bool operator>= (const PString &str) const
 Compare two strings using the PObject::Compare() function. More...
 
bool operator*= (const char *cstr) const
 Compare a PString to a C string using a case insensitive compare function. More...
 
bool operator== (const char *cstr) const
 Compare a PString to a C string using the Compare() function. More...
 
bool operator!= (const char *cstr) const
 Compare a PString to a C string using the PObject::Compare() function. More...
 
bool operator< (const char *cstr) const
 Compare a PString to a C string using the PObject::Compare() function. More...
 
bool operator> (const char *cstr) const
 Compare a PString to a C string using the PObject::Compare() function. More...
 
bool operator<= (const char *cstr) const
 Compare a PString to a C string using the PObject::Compare() function. More...
 
bool operator>= (const char *cstr) const
 Compare a PString to a C string using the PObject::Compare() function. More...
 
Comparison NumCompare (const PString &str, PINDEX count=P_MAX_INDEX, PINDEX offset=0) const
 Compare a string against a substring of the object. More...
 
Comparison NumCompare (const char *cstr, PINDEX count=P_MAX_INDEX, PINDEX offset=0) const
 Compare a string against a substring of the object. More...
 
PStringsprintf (const char *cfmt,...)
 Concatenate a formatted output to the string. More...
 
PStringvsprintf (const PString &fmt, va_list args)
 Concatenate a formatted output to the string. More...
 
PStringvsprintf (const char *cfmt, va_list args)
 Concatenate a formatted output to the string. More...
 
template<typename T >
__inline T As (T t=T()) const
 Convert the string to any type that can be converted using a stream. More...
 
long AsInteger (unsigned base=0) const
 Convert the string to an integer value using the specified number base. More...
 
DWORD AsUnsigned (unsigned base=0) const
 Convert the string to an integer value using the specified number base. More...
 
int64_t AsInteger64 (unsigned base=0) const
 Convert the string to an integer value using the specified number base. More...
 
__inline PInt64 AsInt64 (unsigned base=0) const
 
uint64_t AsUnsigned64 (unsigned base=0) const
 Convert the string to an integer value using the specified number base. More...
 
double AsReal () const
 Convert the string to a floating point number. More...
 
PBYTEArray ToPascal () const
 Convert a standard null terminated string to a "pascal" style string. More...
 
PString ToLiteral () const
 Convert the string to C literal string format. More...
 
PString FromLiteral (PINDEX &offset) const
 Parse a C literal string format as for PString::ToLiteral(). More...
 
 operator const unsigned char * () const
 Get the internal buffer as a pointer to unsigned characters. More...
 
 operator std::string () const
 Cast the PString to a std::string. More...
 
char * GetPointerAndSetLength (PINDEX len)
 Get a pointer to the buffer and set the length of the string. More...
 
virtual const char * GetPointer (PINDEX=0) const
 Get a const pointer to the buffer contents This function overrides the ancestor function that returns a char *. More...
 
__inline std::string::size_type size () const
 
__inline std::string::size_type length () const
 
__inline std::string::size_type capacity () const
 
__inline bool empty () const
 
__inline void clear ()
 
__inline const char * c_str () const
 
__inline char * data ()
 
__inline void push_back (char ch)
 
__inline PStringappend (std::string::size_type count, char ch)
 
__inline PStringappend (const char *s)
 
__inline PStringappend (const std::string &s)
 
__inline PStringinsert (std::string::size_type index, std::string::size_type count, char ch)
 
__inline PStringinsert (std::string::size_type index, const char *s)
 
__inline PStringinsert (std::string::size_type index, const std::string &s)
 
__inline PStringerase (std::string::size_type index=0, std::string::size_type count=std::string::npos)
 
__inline PStringreplace (std::string::size_type pos, std::string::size_type count, const char *s)
 
__inline PStringreplace (std::string::size_type pos, std::string::size_type count, const std::string &s)
 
__inline std::string substr (std::string::size_type pos=0, std::string::size_type count=std::string::npos) const
 
__inline std::string::size_type find (char c, std::string::size_type pos=0) const
 
__inline std::string::size_type find (const char *s, std::string::size_type pos=0) const
 
__inline std::string::size_type find (const std::string &s, std::string::size_type pos=0) const
 
__inline std::string::size_type rfind (char c, std::string::size_type pos=0) const
 
__inline std::string::size_type rfind (const char *s, std::string::size_type pos=0) const
 
__inline std::string::size_type rfind (const std::string &s, std::string::size_type pos=0) const
 
__inline std::string::size_type find_first_of (const char *s, std::string::size_type pos=0) const
 
__inline std::string::size_type find_first_of (const std::string &s, std::string::size_type pos=0) const
 
__inline std::string::size_type find_first_not_of (const char *s, std::string::size_type pos=0) const
 
__inline std::string::size_type find_first_not_of (const std::string &s, std::string::size_type pos=0) const
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from PCharArray
 PCharArray (PINDEX initialSize=0)
 Construct a new dynamic array of char. More...
 
 PCharArray (char const *buffer, PINDEX length, PBoolean dynamic=true)
 Construct a new dynamic array of char. More...
 
 PCharArray (PContainerReference &reference_)
 
virtual void PrintOn (ostream &strm) const
 Print the array. More...
 
virtual void ReadFrom (istream &strm)
 Read the array. More...
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from PBaseArray< char >
 PBaseArray (PINDEX initialSize=0)
 Construct a new dynamic array of elements of the specified type. More...
 
 PBaseArray (charconst *buffer, PINDEX length, PBoolean dynamic=true)
 Construct a new dynamic array of elements of the specified type. More...
 
PBoolean SetAt (PINDEX index, charval)
 Set the specific element in the array. More...
 
char GetAt (PINDEX index) const
 Get a value from the array. More...
 
void Attach (const char *buffer, PINDEX bufferSize)
 Attach a pointer to a static block to the base array type. More...
 
char * GetPointer (PINDEX minSize=0)
 Get a pointer to the internal array and assure that it is of at least the specified size. More...
 
char operator[] (PINDEX index) const
 Get a value from the array. More...
 
char & operator[] (PINDEX index)
 Get a reference to value from the array. More...
 
 operator charconst * () const
 Get a pointer to the internal array. More...
 
PBoolean Concatenate (const PBaseArray &array)
 Concatenate one array to the end of this array. More...
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from PAbstractArray
 PAbstractArray (PINDEX elementSizeInBytes, PINDEX initialSize=0)
 Create a new dynamic array of initalSize elements of elementSizeInBytes bytes each. More...
 
 PAbstractArray (PINDEX elementSizeInBytes, const void *buffer, PINDEX bufferSizeInElements, PBoolean dynamicAllocation)
 Create a new dynamic array of bufferSizeInElements elements of elementSizeInBytes bytes each. More...
 
void Attach (const void *buffer, PINDEX bufferSize)
 Attach a pointer to a static block to the base array type. More...
 
void * GetPointer (PINDEX minSize=1)
 Get a pointer to the internal array and assure that it is of at least the specified size. More...
 
const void * GetPointer () const
 
PBoolean Concatenate (const PAbstractArray &array)
 Concatenate one array to the end of this array. More...
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from PContainer
 PContainer (PINDEX initialSize=0)
 Create a new unique container. More...
 
 PContainer (const PContainer &cont)
 Create a new refernce to container. More...
 
PContaineroperator= (const PContainer &cont)
 Assign one container reference to another. More...
 
virtual ~PContainer ()
 Destroy the container class. More...
 
virtual PINDEX GetSize () const
 Get the current size of the container. More...
 
__inline size_t size () const
 
PBoolean SetMinSize (PINDEX minSize)
 Set the minimum size of container. More...
 
__inline bool empty () const
 
PBoolean IsUnique () const
 Determine if container is unique reference. More...
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from PObject
__inline unsigned GetTraceContextIdentifier () const
 Get PTRACE context identifier. More...
 
__inline void SetTraceContextIdentifier (unsigned id)
 
__inline void SetTraceContextIdentifier (const PObject &obj)
 
__inline void SetTraceContextIdentifier (const PObject *obj)
 
__inline void CopyTraceContextIdentifier (PObject &obj) const
 
__inline void CopyTraceContextIdentifier (PObject *obj) const
 
virtual ~PObject ()
 
__inline const char * GetClass () const
 
__inline bool IsClass (const char *name) const
 
__inline const PObjectPTraceObjectInstance () const
 
template<class CLS >
CLS * CloneAs () const
 As for Clone() but converts to specified type. More...
 
virtual Comparison CompareObjectMemoryDirect (const PObject &obj) const
 Determine the byte wise comparison of two objects. More...
 
bool operator== (const PObject &obj) const
 Compare the two objects. More...
 
bool operator!= (const PObject &obj) const
 Compare the two objects. More...
 
bool operator< (const PObject &obj) const
 Compare the two objects. More...
 
bool operator> (const PObject &obj) const
 Compare the two objects. More...
 
bool operator<= (const PObject &obj) const
 Compare the two objects. More...
 
bool operator>= (const PObject &obj) const
 Compare the two objects. More...
 

Static Public Member Functions

static PFilePathString Canonicalise (const PFilePathString &path, bool isDirectory)
 
Miscellaneous functions
static bool IsValid (char c)
 Test if the character is valid in a filename. More...
 
static bool IsValid (const PString &str)
 Test if all the characters are valid in a filename. More...
 
static PFilePathString Sanitise (const PString &str, const PString &extra=PString::Empty(), char substitute= '_')
 Sanitise the string to be a legal filename. More...
 
static bool IsAbsolutePath (const PString &path)
 Test if path is an absolute path or relative path. More...
 
- Static Public Member Functions inherited from PString
static const PStringEmpty ()
 Return an empty string. More...
 
- Static Public Member Functions inherited from PObject
static __inline void CopyTraceContextIdentifier (PObject &to, const PObject &from)
 
static __inline void CopyTraceContextIdentifier (PObject &to, const PObject *from)
 
static __inline void CopyTraceContextIdentifier (PObject *to, const PObject &from)
 
static __inline void CopyTraceContextIdentifier (PObject *to, const PObject *from)
 
static __inline const char * Class ()
 
static __inline const PObjectPTraceObjectInstance (const char *)
 
static __inline const PObjectPTraceObjectInstance (const PObject *obj)
 
template<typename T >
static Comparison Compare2 (T v1, T v2)
 Compare two types, returning Comparison type. More...
 
static Comparison InternalCompareObjectMemoryDirect (const PObject *obj1, const PObject *obj2, PINDEX size)
 Internal function caled from CompareObjectMemoryDirect() More...
 

Protected Member Functions

virtual void AssignContents (const PContainer &cont)
 Copy the container contents. More...
 
- Protected Member Functions inherited from PString
virtual Comparison InternalCompare (PINDEX offset, PINDEX length, const char *cstr) const
 
virtual int internal_strcmp (const char *s1, const char *s2) const
 
virtual int internal_strncmp (const char *s1, const char *s2, size_t n) const
 
bool InternalSplit (const PString &delimiter, PString &before, PString &after, SplitOptions_Bits options) const
 
 PString (int dummy, const PString *str)
 
 PString (PContainerReference &reference_, PINDEX len)
 
- Protected Member Functions inherited from PBaseArray< char >
 PBaseArray (PContainerReference &reference_)
 
virtual void PrintElementOn (ostream &stream, PINDEX index) const
 
- Protected Member Functions inherited from PAbstractArray
PBoolean InternalSetSize (PINDEX newSize, PBoolean force)
 
virtual void PrintElementOn (ostream &stream, PINDEX index) const
 
virtual void ReadElementFrom (istream &stream, PINDEX index)
 
 PAbstractArray (PContainerReference &reference, PINDEX elementSizeInBytes)
 
- Protected Member Functions inherited from PContainer
 PContainer (int dummy, const PContainer *cont)
 Constructor used in support of the Clone() function. More...
 
 PContainer (PContainerReference &reference)
 Construct using static PContainerReference. More...
 
virtual void DestroyContents ()=0
 Destroy the container contents. More...
 
void CopyContents (const PContainer &c)
 Copy the container contents. More...
 
void CloneContents (const PContainer *src)
 Create a duplicate of the container contents. More...
 
void Destruct ()
 Internal function called from container destructors. More...
 
virtual void DestroyReference ()
 Destroy the PContainerReference instance. More...
 
- Protected Member Functions inherited from PObject
 PObject ()
 Constructor for PObject, made protected so cannot ever create one on its own. More...
 

Additional Inherited Members

- Public Types inherited from PString
typedef const char * Initialiser
 
enum  ConversionType {
  Pascal, Basic, Literal, Signed,
  Unsigned, Decimal, Exponent, ScaleSI,
  Printf, NumConversionTypes
}
 
- Public Types inherited from PObject
enum  Comparison { LessThan = -1, EqualTo = 0, GreaterThan = 1 }
 Result of the comparison operation performed by the Compare() function. More...
 
- Protected Attributes inherited from PString
PINDEX m_length
 
- Protected Attributes inherited from PAbstractArray
PINDEX elementSize
 Size of an element in bytes. More...
 
char * theArray
 Pointer to the allocated block of memory. More...
 
PBoolean allocatedDynamically
 Flag indicating the array was allocated on the heap. More...
 
- Protected Attributes inherited from PContainer
PContainerReferencereference
 
- Protected Attributes inherited from PObject
unsigned m_traceContextIdentifier
 

Detailed Description

This class describes a full description for a file on the particular platform.

This will always uniquely identify the file on currently mounted volumes.

An empty string for a PFilePath indicates an illegal path.

The ancestor class is dependent on the platform. For file systems that are case sensitive, eg Unix, the ancestor is PString. For other platforms, the ancestor class is PCaselessString.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

PFilePath::PFilePath ( )

Create an empty file path description.

PFilePath::PFilePath ( const char *  cstr)

Create a file path description with the specified string.

The string passed in may be a full or partial specification for a file as determined by the platform. It is unusual for this to be a literal string, unless only the file title is specified, as that would be platform specific.

The partial file path description is translated into a canonical form which always absolutely references the file.

if cstr is NULL or empty string, then PFilePath is empty.

Parameters
cstrPartial C string for file name.
PFilePath::PFilePath ( const PString str)

Create a file path description with the specified string.

The string passed in may be a full or partial specification for a file as determined by the platform. It is unusual for this to be a literal string, unless only the file title is specified, as that would be platform specific.

The partial file path description is translated into a canonical form which always absolutely references the file.

if str is an empty string, then PFilePath is empty.

Parameters
strPartial PString for file name.
PFilePath::PFilePath ( const PFilePath path)

Create a file path description with the specified file name.

Parameters
pathPrevious path for file name.
PFilePath::PFilePath ( const char *  prefix,
const char *  dir,
const char *  suffix = NULL 
)

Create a file path description with a generated temporary name.

The first parameter is a prefix for the filename to which a unique number is appended. The second parameter is the directory in which the file is to be placed. If this is NULL a system standard directory is used.

Parameters
prefixPrefix string for file title.
dirDirectory in which to place the file.
suffixOptional suffix for file

Member Function Documentation

virtual void PFilePath::AssignContents ( const PContainer c)
protectedvirtual

Copy the container contents.

This copies the contents from one reference to another.

No duplication of contents occurs, for instance if the container is an array, the pointer to the array memory is copied, not the array memory block itself.

This function will get called by the base assignment operator.

Reimplemented from PString.

static PFilePathString PFilePath::Canonicalise ( const PFilePathString path,
bool  isDirectory 
)
static
PDirectory PFilePath::GetDirectory ( ) const

Get the the directory that the file is contained in.

This may be identical to GetVolume() + GetPath() depending on the platform. eg for DOS file "C:\SRC\PWLIB\FRED.TXT" this would be "C:\SRC\PWLIB\".

Note that for Unix platforms, this returns the {physical} path of the directory. That is all symlinks are resolved. Thus the directory returned may not be the same as the value of GetPath().

Returns
Directory that the file is contained in.
PFilePathString PFilePath::GetFileName ( ) const

Get the actual directory entry name component of the full file specification.

This may be identical to GetTitle() + GetType() or simply GetTitle() depending on the platform. eg for DOS file "C:\SRC\PWLIB\FRED.TXT" this would be "FRED.TXT".

Returns
string for the file name part of the file path description.
PFilePathString PFilePath::GetPath ( ) const

Get the directory path component of the full file path description.

This will include leading and trailing directory separators. For example on DOS this could be "\SRC\PWLIB\", for Macintosh ":Source:PwLib:" and for Unix "/users/equivalence/src/pwlib/".

Returns
string for the path part of the file path description.
PFilePathString PFilePath::GetTitle ( ) const

Get the title component of the full file path description, eg for the DOS file "C:\SRC\PWLIB\FRED.DAT" this would be "FRED".

Returns
string for the title part of the file path description.
PFilePathString PFilePath::GetType ( ) const

Get the file type of the file.

Note that on some platforms this may actually be part of the full name string. eg for DOS file "C:\SRC\PWLIB\FRED.TXT" this would be ".TXT" but on the Macintosh this might be "TEXT".

Note there are standard translations from file extensions, eg ".TXT" and some Macintosh file types, eg "TEXT".

Returns
string for the type part of the file path description.
PFilePathString PFilePath::GetVolume ( ) const

Get the drive/volume name component of the full file path description.

This is very platform specific. For example in DOS & NT it is the drive letter followed by a colon ("C:"), for Macintosh it is the volume name ("Untitled") and for Unix it is empty ("").

Returns
string for the volume name part of file path description.
static bool PFilePath::IsAbsolutePath ( const PString path)
static

Test if path is an absolute path or relative path.

Parameters
pathpath name
static bool PFilePath::IsValid ( char  c)
static

Test if the character is valid in a filename.

Returns
true if the character is valid for a filename.
Parameters
cCharacter to test for validity.
static bool PFilePath::IsValid ( const PString str)
static

Test if all the characters are valid in a filename.

Returns
true if the character is valid for a filename.
Parameters
strString to test for validity.
PFilePath& PFilePath::operator+= ( const PString str)

Concatenate a string to the file path, modifiying that path.

Returns
reference to string that was concatenated to.
Parameters
strString to concatenate.
PFilePath& PFilePath::operator+= ( const char *  cstr)

Concatenate a C string to a path, modifiying that path.

The cstr parameter is typically a literal string, eg:


        myStr += "fred";
   @return
   reference to string that was concatenated to.
Parameters
cstrC string to concatenate.
PFilePath& PFilePath::operator+= ( char  ch)

Concatenate a single character to a path.

The ch parameter is typically a literal, eg:


        myStr += '!';
   @return
   new string with concatenation of the object and parameter.
PFilePath& PFilePath::operator= ( const PFilePath path)

Change the file path description to the specified file name.

Parameters
pathPrevious path for file name.
PFilePath& PFilePath::operator= ( const PString str)

Change the file path description to the specified file name.

The string passed in may be a full or partial specifiaction for a file as determined by the platform. It is unusual for this to be a literal string, unless only the file title is specified, as that would be platform specific.

The partial file path is translated into a canonical form which always absolutely references the file.

if str is an empty string, then PFilePath is empty.

Parameters
strPartial PString for file name.
PFilePath& PFilePath::operator= ( const char *  cstr)

Change the file path description to the specified file name.

The string passed in may be a full or partial specifiaction for a file as determined by the platform. It is unusual for this to be a literal string, unless only the file title is specified, as that would be platform specific.

The partial file path is translated into a canonical form which always absolutely references the file.

if cstr is NULL or empty string, then PFilePath is empty.

Parameters
cstrPartial "C" string for file name.
static PFilePathString PFilePath::Sanitise ( const PString str,
const PString extra = PString::Empty(),
char  substitute = '_' 
)
static

Sanitise the string to be a legal filename.

Characters that are not legal, or would consitute a directory separator, are are in the extra list, are substituted by the substitute character.

Parameters
strString to sanitise
extraExtra characters to substitute
substituteCharacter to substitiute
void PFilePath::SetType ( const PFilePathString type)

Set the type component of the full file path description, eg for the DOS file "C:\SRC\PWLIB\FRED.DAT" would become "C:\SRC\PWLIB\FRED.TXT".

Parameters
typeNew type of the file.

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